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Definition of "loblolly" []

  • Chiefly Southern U.S. A mudhole; a mire. (noun)
  • The loblolly pine. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "loblolly" in a sentence
  • "The pines were scrubby, -- what are known as the loblolly pines, -- and from ten to twelve inches through at the butt."
  • "Thus it is the loblolly, which is the almost entire second growth of nearly all the tide-water region, refuses to grow at a short distance (generally varying from five to twenty miles) and at an"
  • "Pines such as loblolly (Pinus taeda), slash (P. elliottii), shortleaf (P. echinata), Virginia"